Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress who is well-known for her character roles in both contemporary and period screen roles, as well as many acting in stage and film. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) is who is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was raised in Ithaca and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then attended theatre school, and was then accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Her film debut came in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the character of "Stands with a Fist" who was a Sioux Indian raised white woman. The actress received her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) with veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) (starring Will Smith); the famous art house cult film Donnie Darko (192001); and Margin Call (2011). This won her the Robert Altman Awards at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards. On the smaller screen, McDonnell starred in four seasons of Syfy Network's award-winning television series Battlestar Galactica (2004) in her critically acclaimed performance as President Laura Roslin. McDonnell received an Emmy for her recurring guest role on the TV show ER (1994). She is the lead character of Captain Sharon Raydor on the TNT's top drama show Major Crimes (2012), the sequel to The Closer (2005), in which McDonnell originated the role and earned an Emmy(r) nomination for Primetime. Emmy(r) nomination. She garnered an Best Actress Academy Award(r) nomination as well as an Golden Globe nomination for her performance as an actor with paraplegia on soap opera in John Sayles's critically acclaimed film, Passion Fish (1992).




 

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